A History of the Mishnaic Law of Holy Things, Part One: Zebahim: Translation and Explanation
Overview
In the first of a six-part presentation of the Mishnaic law of Holy Things—that is, matters pertaining to the Temple and its cult—in which Jacob Neusner presents a form-analytical translation and explanation of Mishnah and Tosefta of the entire Order of Holy Things. This volume deals with the Mishnah-tractate Zebahim, which concerns the sacrifice of animals and birds in the cult.
- Title: A History of the Mishnaic Law of Holy Things, Part One: Zebahim: Translation and Explanation
- Author: Jacob Neusner
- Series: Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity
- Volume: 1
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2007
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Mishnah. Ḳodashim › Commentaries
- ISBNs: 9781556353499, 1556353499
- Resource ID: LLS:HSTMSHNCLWPRT1
- Resource Type: Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:38:08Z
Jacob Neusner (1932–2016) was a preeminent scholar of ancient Judaism and one of the most published authors ever, with more than 900 original volumes to his name. He was educated at Harvard University, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the University of Oxford, and Yale University. He was research professor of theology and senior fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard College. Neusner’s work has been highly influential, if sometimes controversial. He pioneered applying “form criticism” to Rabbinic texts, and aimed at a humanistic and academic reading of ancient Jewish literature.
Neusner’s works include the Jacob Neusner Jewish Studies Bundle (99 vols.).